The screen at the tech shop that I've been using, initially only worked in text mode -- graphics mode would make it go to "this isn't a recognizable signal so I'mma take a nap now" mode. I switched a setting in BIOS (forget now which one) and it worked in graphics mode... but...

Tech shop dude didn't have a PS/2 splitter. This board has one PS/2 port, with the pins that wouldn't be used for keyboard clock/data signals used as mouse clock/data signals. A very common arrangement, that, found on elderly laptops and other small boards quite often.

I don't have a splitter either.

So I was using a PS/2 keyboard and a COMport mouse. I had a Puplite5 CD with me at the time, and it refused to recognize the mouse -- it would go through xorgwizard or to xvesa just fine, but the cursor wouldn't budge.

Mouse is known good.

I've ordered the PS/2 splitter from eBay as of yesterday. Should get here sometime next week -- it's being sent cheap, meaning slowish, meaning First Class Mail.

BTW, the USB ports --all two of them-- are on a slightly strange header. It's standard except for the pitch -- most headers are 2.54mm / 0.1" -- this one is 2mm pitch with smaller pins, so a regular dongle won't fit the header. How wonderfully special I have someone on my other forum making me a USB dongle, but it's not here yet._________________

I broke down and ordered the Commell-issue riser from a US distributor named Global American Inc. -- they are quite friendly and helpful! The other official US distributor of Commell products is BWI (Bill West Inc) and they were just shy of rude to me on the phone, where Global American was as helpful as they could be (which wasn't much, but it sure wasn't for lack of trying!)

It cost $12.50 or so, plus a ridiculous amount for shipping because Global American is a UPS loyalist I could put a stump speech up here about the Postal Service vs other carriers, but I'm not going to waste my keystrokes with that. Everyone who's going to have an opinion on the matter already has one.

So that will be here sometime in the evening tomorrow. (UPS Ground isn't usually this fast... dunno what's up with that.)

Just opened the box with the PCI riser in it, from Global American. I don't know how they can get away with charging $25 normally for this, PLUS the $14 and change shipping.

I was lucky -- I knew about a British company selling the same thing for eight quid. Global was willing to price-match, but $12.53 is still a bit much for what would cost $5 on eBay if it was available there.

For those interested, a half-pound (if that) box from New Hampshire (Global American) to North Carolina (me) cost $14.11 via UPS.

All of that said, I'm about to fire it up and see what happens.

@Yogi -- I'm pretty sure I said this in an earlier post of this thread (could be wrong -- a quick look back and I can't put my eyes to it)...

But I really want to stick with Puppy. I haven't used any other Linux in YEARS. Like two. (When I did, it was Ubuntu. No thanks!) I feel at home with Puppy; it's very familiar. I don't get that anywhere else, and I don't want to have to start over with another distro. Puppy is good for my health _________________

I don't know how they can get away with charging $25 normally for this, PLUS the $14 and change shipping.:

It probably sat on a shelf in a warehouse for years. Warehouse space isn't free, and neither are people competent enough to find that old part, box it up and ship it to you. Be happy that someone had what you were looking for, that it was correctly entered in an online catalog and that it was sent to you without mistake and in good shape.

Screen at the moment is an eMachines-branded eView 17F2 CRT. Very heavy but very functional!

I'm using the nv driver included with this version of Puplite. I guess "nouveau" was the one that was full of bugs and eventually dropped?

A note about the fan -- when idling, fanless, the temp is around 50 C. (The chip is rated to 100 C -- you can boil water with it!) Right now, with the noisy-but-effective fan... Puplite5 reports 15-16 C. I think I'll keep the fan

Also, considering Puplite took its sweet time loading into RAM... I think I don't want to bother with trying jejy69's GNOME232 Puppy. No, I can't add more RAM or faster RAM -- the board really only goes up to 1GB and PC2700 (333MHz) speeds. Not sure why it's downclocking to 266MHz ( = PC2100 RAM) when the stick in there is PC3200 ( = 400MHz)... but it is. Hmmm.

No, I can't add more RAM or faster RAM -- the board really only goes up to 1GB and PC2700 (333MHz) speeds. Not sure why it's downclocking to 266MHz ( = PC2100 RAM) when the stick in there is PC3200 ( = 400MHz)... but it is. Hmmm.

Have you checked the settings in the bios to see whether you can set a specific ram clock and/or timing? Your ram setting(s) might be set to "Auto" in which case you might be able to select "SPD" serial presence detect. If so, this could give you the proper configuration, because the bios may detect additional info from the ram module.

BTW are you going to try Wary on this machine?

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